Window-shade bracket



E. M. HOSSE.

WINDOW SHADE BRACKET.

APPLICATION EILED MAY 24. 1918.

Patented Mar. 30,1920.

ELLA MAY HOSSE, OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.

WINDOW-SHADE BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 30, 1920.

Application filed May 24, 1918. Serial No. 236,371.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELLA MAY Hossn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Nashville, in the county of Davidson and State of Tennessee,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VVindow- ShadeBrackets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, suchas will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in window shadebrackets, and the principal object of the invention is to provide adevice for securely holding the end of a shade roller in place andagainst movement.

Another object of the invention is to provide a shade bracket having aspring tongue for bearing against the upper edge of the squared end ofthe shade roller which tongue prevents the roller from riding up and outof the bracket. 7

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel combination and arrangement of parts which will be fully set forthin the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a window casing showingthe shade bracket applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail side elevation of the shade bracket forholding the squared end of the shade roller, and

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing the squared end of the shaderoller in place.

Referring to the drawing, 1 designates the threaded portion of the shadebracket provided at one end with a casing 2 which has formed integrallytherewith a shank 3. This shank is provided at its extreme outer endwith a down turned portion which is turned back upon itself to form aseat 4, the outer wall of which extends upwardly as at 5 and curls backas at 6 to form a loop having a spring tongue 7 formed integrallytherewith. The tongue 7 normally tends to spring down toward theshoulder formed at the point where the seat 4 joins the shank 3 and isshaped as at 8 to engage the upper edge of the squared portion of theshade roller as is clearly shown in the drawings.

In the supporting of the shade roller at the opposite end the threadedshank is designated by the numeral 1 and is provided that in use theshade roller is inserted loop 9 and then moving the squared enddownwardly between the shoulder formed at the point where the seat 4joins the shank 3 and the spring tongue until the same passes into theposition shown in Fig. 3 whereupon the bearing surface 8 of the tonguewill seat against the upper edge of the squared portion of the shaderoller thereby holding the same in place and avoiding any possibility ofthe same riding out of the seat'. In view of the foregoing it will beseen that the roller will be firmly held against accidental movement andany danger of its displacement is avoided.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferredembodiment of this invention, it is to be understood that such changesmay be made in the combination and arrangement of parts as will fallwithin the spirit and scope of the appended claims. 7'

What is claimed is:

1. A curtain bracket having a shank portion bent downwardly and upwardlyto provide a head extending transversely of the shank and providing apocket at the outer end of the shank, the free end being bent to providea resilient latch extending into the pocket to engage the upper face ofa curtain pintle forced into the pocket under the latch and retain thepintle in the pocket.

2. A curtain bracket having a shank portion having an attaching elementat its inner end, the outer portion of the shank being bent to provide avertically extending pocket and having its free end bent to provide aresilient latch extending into the pocket to engage a curtain pintleforced into the pocket under the latch and retain the pintle in thepocket.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ELLA MAY HOSSE.

Witnesses EVA WOODRUFF, E. E. Hossn.

